Weichang Qian
Weichang Qian or Weizang Chien, Chinese physicist (Wuxi County, Jiangsu Province 09 October 1912 – Shanghai 30 July 2010) Authored over 200 papers and 18 monographs Studied new generalized variational principles and established a new variational functional Suggested using the Lagrange multiplier for eliminating the constraint conditions of all kinds of variational problems and established a new variational function using it Put forward a systematic method to construct generalized variational principles (1964) published only in 1979 Introduced the intrinsic methods in elasticity (1944) With J.L. Synge authored a pioneering classical work on the intrinsic theory of plates and shells in solid mechanics Established the complete intrinsic theory of plates and shells (1942) Proposed a method to calculate the resistance of radar-wave guides Perturbation theory (1947) Developed the method of composite expansions, a novel singular perturbation method (1948) Initiated a perturbation method by using the central deflection as ther perturbation parameter Solved the variable twist torsion problem of thin-walled cylinders with closed cross sections First to obtain the limit equation for thin ring shells and the general solution to the homogeneous equation Developed a new field of non-Kirchhoff-Love theory of plates and shells Derived a general solution for axisymmetric circular ring shells Developed a new method of encoding Chinese characters (1984) EPONYMY Successive approximation method of treating large deflection problem or Chien method (1948) Qian Weichang equation for nonlinear stability of shallow shell (1960s) Qian Weichang general equation
Sanqiang Qian & Zehui He
Sanqiang Qian (Tsien), Chinese nuclear physicist (Huzhou, Zhejiang Province 16 October 1913 – Beijing 28 June 1992) Discovered a new kind of fission in uranium atoms Developed some inventions Honored with Henri de Parville Award for Physics (1946) His wife, Zehui He, physicist (Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 05 March 1914 – Beijing 20 June 2011) With L. Vigneron & R. Castel proved the existence of ternary fission, explained its mechanism and predicted the mass spectrum of the fragments (1946) Performed the first observation of quaternary fission (1946) First observed the elastic scattering of electrons with positrons A new precise and simple method of measuring the speed of flying bullets. Doctoral Thesis (1940)
Roberto Quadrelli
Roberto Quadrelli Sanchez, Uruguayan medical geneticist (Montevideo 15 January 1937 – Described new mutations and complex chromosome rearrangements With A. Vaglio, A. Quadrelli et al. A 14 year follow up of a case detected prenatally of partial trisomy 13q21.32-q ter and monosomy 18q22.3-qter as a result of a maternal complex chromosome rearrangement involving chromosomes 63 and 18. Genet. Test. Mol. Biomol. (2009) Described a new syndrome With A. Vaglio, S. Reyno, A. Lemes et al. Uruguay facio-cardio-musculo-skeletal syndrome: a novel X-linked recessive disorder. Am. J. Med. Genet. 95:247-65, 2000 With S. Reyno, A. Vaglio, A. Lemes & A. Silveri. Displasias esqueléticas: aproximación a uma nueva clasificación. Experiencia del Instituto de Genetica Medica del Hospital Italiano. Arch. Pediat. Urug. 70(2):65-80, 1999 With R. Vignale, J. Bonifazio, N. Reissenweber & A. Vaglio. Telangiectasias generalizadas associadas a un paraganglioma (feocromocitoma) mediastínico y bócio nodular en una paciente integrante de una família con paraganglioma y bócio multinodular hereditário? Una nueva entidad?. Actas Dermo-sifil. (1998) Primeras familias con consaguinidad y sindrome nefrotico con esclerosis mesangial difusa
Renyuan Qian
Renyuan Qian, Chinese polymer chemist (Changshu, Jiangsu Province 19 September 1917 – 2003) Authored 240 papers, 40 review articles and book chapters (until 1997) Introduced a concept of cohesional entanglement through local nematic interaction of neighboring chain segments (1997) Proposed dynamic contact concentration concept Proposed a new predictive equation for liquid diffusion coefficients (1996) Created methods for modifying the distribution of molecular weight to adapt to the requirements of processing function of polypropylene Developed new types of organic conductors Developed an electronic circuit for the precise measurements of dipole moments With Q. Ying, P. Xie & Y. Liu applied a new eluting solvent (cyclohexane) for steric exclusion liquid chromatography of i-polypropylene (1986) With Z.M. Hu, S.X. Chen & S. Zhang established focal-conic texture decoration, a new decoration method (2000) PATENTS With Q. Fan, Y. Liu, R. Xu & D. Zhao. Technology for high speed spinning polypropylene. CN 85100885 (1985) With M. Wu & Y. Wang. Polyester elastomer and multifunction group epoxy modified polyester composition and process for preparing the same. CN 96109103 (1997)
Quisumbing brothers
Eduardo Arguelles y Quisumbing, Philippine botanist (Santa Cruz, Laguna 24 November 1895 – Quezón City 23 August 1986) Authored 137 papers Described 186 new plant species SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Medicinal Plants of Philippines (1951) Vegetable poisons of the Philippines. Philipp. J. Forest 5:146, 1947 With J.B. Juliano. Development of the ovule and embryo sac in Coccos nucifera L. Bot. Gaz. 84:279-93, 1927 With A.W. Thomas. Conditions affectant la determination quantitative des sucres réducteurs par la liqueur de Fehling. Elimination de certaine erreurs dans les methods. Am. Soc. 43:1503-26, 1921 Comparative study of conditions affecting the determination of reducing sugars by Fehling solution (1921) Determination of glucose and starch by the alkaline potassium permanganate method. Philipp. J. Science 16:581-01, 1920 The cultivated root-producing aroids. Philipp. Agric. 3:85-98, 1914 With G. Ocfemia. Some chemical and bacteriological effects of clearing grass land by burning. Philip. Agric. Forester3:76-8, 1914 HONORS Quisumbingia Merrill 1936 (Apocynaceae) His brother, Francisco Arguelles Quisumbing, chemist (Santa Cruz, Laguna 03 December 1893 – ?) Invented Quink ink
Muhammad Afzal Hussain Qadri
Muhammad Afzal Hussain Qadri, Pakistani entomologist and philosopher (Badayun, India 07 February 1912 – Karachi 06 December 1974) Introduced a number of new concepts in insect morphology, particularly on the piercing and sucking mechanism of bugs and lice and the genitalia of Orthoptera Described the genera Allocolpocephalum 1939 (Mallophaga) and with Mirza Ziartissus 1966 (Hemiptera) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Rogas aligharensi. n.sp. (A pink boll-worm parasite). Curr. Sci. 2:209, 1933 External and internal anatomy of the buffalo louse Haematopinus tuberculatus Burmeister. Publ. Alig. Mus. Univ. Indian Insect Types 1, 1935 Studies on the Mallophaga of North Indian birds. Z. Parasiten. 8(2):226-38, 1935 The male genitalia of Mallophaga infesting North Indian birds. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. 4(6):86, 1936 The life-history and growth of the cockroach (Blatta orientalis Linn.). Bull. Ent. Res. 29:263-75, 1938 On the development of genitalia and their ducts of orthopteroid insects. Trans. R. Ent. Soc. London 90(6):121-75, 1940 With A. Aziz. Biology, life-history and internal anatomy of Pyrilia perpusilla Walker. Aligarh Mus. Univ. Publ. (Zool. Ser.) 2:1-30, 1950 On the anatomy of the mouth parts of aquatic bugs. Proc. Zool. Soc. Bengal 4:117-36, 1951 The male genitalia of Ectognatha (Thysanura) 1952 Some branchiopods (Anostraca and Conchostraca) of Indo-Pakistan subcontinent with descriptions of new species (1956) Mechanism of feeding in Hemiptera (1959) With S.N.H. Naqvi & S.H. Ashrafi. Quantitative determination of acid and alkaline phosphatase in different parts of the alimentary canal of desert locust Schistocerca gregaria Forskal. Pakistan J. Sci. Ind. Res. 10:204-7, 1967 On the digestive system and skeleton-muscular mechanism of the head capsule in the mango-hoppers Idiocrus niueosparsus (Leth.) and I. clypealis (Leth.) (Homoptera, Jassidae). Proc. Zool. Soc. Deng. 2(1):43-5, 1969 With Z. Khanum. Fresh records of some birds in West Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool. 4:219-21, 1972 On the morphology and postembryonic development of the male genitalia and their ducts in Hemiptera (Insecta) HONORS Qadria Mahmood 1967 (Hemiptera) Qadriva Ghauri 1965 (Hemiptera) Qadriana Bilqees 1971 (Trematoda)